Date: April 8, 2002
Contact: Jessica Gallimore, Marketing Administrator

Hard Bargain Farm’s Commitment to Area Children and the Environment is Acknowledged by Chaney Enterprises

Hard Bargain Farm, a Southern Maryland based working farm, has been recognized by Chaney Enterprises, the Mid-Atlantic’s leading construction materials supplier, for their commitment to providing area youth a refuge to explore the wonders and excitement of the Potomac, so that they may foster environmentally responsible behavior and a lasting connection between the people and our river.

Since the early seventies, Hard Bargain Farm has been promoting environmental stewardship and conservation to over 250,000 urban students and teachers through one-or two-day performance-based learning experiences, hands-on science experiences through the National Park Service, and their annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup. Students and teachers are provided a fun learning experience through their exploration of the 330-acre working farm and surrounding waterways. Watershed walks, bird watching, exploration by canoe, fish dissection, and the simplicity of farm life show each person how they can have a positive influence on their own environment.

Through the monetary support of the school system and area businesses like Chaney Enterprises, the facility’s look and function may be preserved the way the former owners, Alice and Henry Ferguson requested it be left. The combination of Hard Bargain Farm’s commitment to teaching the communities environmental responsibility and Chaney Enterprises’ commitment to helping provide an overall better quality of life, will surely continue to provide our communities a healthy way of life.

Written by Carrie L. Mc Duffie, Special Section Staff Writer, of the Maryland Independent